Malaysia Crime Watch

25 March 2009
Ipoh

In response to comments made by a New Straits Times reader on 17 March 2009, Ipoh police chief Assistant Commissioner Azisman Alias said statistics showed that steps were taken to fight crime in Ipoh and that the crime rate there has not increased in the past two years.

He said 5,975 cases were reported in 2007 and 5,549 were reported last year, indicating a 7.13 percent decrease. Azisman said most of the cases have been solved.

The reader had said that Ipoh had become notorious for kidnappings, assaults, burnt bodies being dumped in rubbish sites, violent robberies and shootings.

New Straits Times – ‘Crime rate has not gone up’
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2514105/Article/index_html>

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24 March 2009
Kuala Kubu Baru

A female body was found hanging from a durian tree in Sungei Choh, covered only in her underwear. Passers-by discovered the body at 7:50am behind a petrol station with a rope tied around her neck and her legs tied together.

Wearing only a white bra and maroon panties, the woman had no identification documents on her. Police believe that she could have been raped and murdered elsewhere before her body was hanged there. There were strangulation marks on her neck and bruises over her body.

The body has been sent to Kuala Kubu Baru Hospital for a post-mortem.

Police urged anyone with information on the case to contact the Hulu Selangor police station at 03-60642222.

The Star Online – Rape victim’s body found hanged from durian tree
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/24/nation/3541416&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Raped, strangled and hanged
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2513147/Article/index_html>

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23 March 2009
Kuala Lumpur

Narcotics police busted an international drug syndicate which was processing and distributing Eramin 5, seizing RM61.3 million worth of drugs. A factory in Tebrau 2, Johor Baru was raided by police at 5:30am on Sunday, resulting in the arrested of 10 men, including the mastermind.

At the factory, which has been processing Eramin 5 drugs for the past three months, five men including four Taiwanese were arrested. The men from Taiwan were chemists who had experience in processing raw materials into the drug using machines.

Police seized 7 machines that were used to process the drug, 430kg of Eramin 5 powder and 1.1 million Eramin 5 pills ready for local distribution. It is believed that the machines could produce over 20,000 pills per hour.

The arrests at the factory led police to five other syndicate members in several locations in the state a few hours later.

Police said this is the biggest Eramin 5 drug bust in history. The suspects have been remanded a week for investigations under Section 39b of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

The Star Online – Drug syndicate distributing Eramin 5 busted
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/23/nation/20090323202026&sec=nation>

New Straits Times Online – Chemists among 10 held in RM62m drug haul
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2513198/Article/index_html>

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